{"slug": "germans", "label": "Germans", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germans", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42884", "qid": "Q42884", "description": "residents and citizens of Germany & people of German descent", "entries": 7, "years": 7, "span": [41, 1727], "span_label": ["41 CE", "1727 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "rhine", "label": "Rhine", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "athens", "label": "Athens", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "balkans", "label": "Balkans", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "paris", "label": "Paris", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "neustria", "label": "Neustria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "chilperic-i", "label": "Chilperic I", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "brunhilda-of-austrasia", "label": "Brunhilda of Austrasia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "chartres", "label": "Chartres", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "franks", "label": "Franks", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "visigoths", "label": "Visigoths", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "vandals", "label": "Vandals", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "burgundians", "label": "Burgundians", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 41, "year_label": "41 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "An attack across the Rhine by the Germans is stopped by the Romans.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373289291#AD_41", "title": "40s", "revid": 1373289291, "section": "Timeline › AD 41"}}, {"year": 167, "year_label": "167 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": null, "text": "The Germans devastate the Balkans and ransack the sanctuary of Eleusis, near Athens.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371302510#Roman_Empire", "title": "AD 167", "revid": 1371302510, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 246, "year_label": "246 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Philip the Arab fights the Germans along the Danube River.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359487663#Roman_Empire", "title": "246", "revid": 1359487663, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 493, "year_label": "493 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Theodoric the Great allies with the Franks and marries Audofleda, sister of Clovis I. He also marries his own female relatives to princes or kings of the Burgundians, Vandals and Visigoths, establishing a political alliance with the Germanic kingdoms in the West.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340790263#Europe", "title": "493", "revid": 1340790263, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 573, "year_label": "573 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Sigibert I goes to war against his half brother Chilperic I of Neustria at the urging of his wife, Brunhilda. He appeals to the Germans on the right bank of the Rhine for help, and they obligingly attack the environs of Paris and Chartres.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1332331069#Europe", "title": "573", "revid": 1332331069, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1147, "year_label": "1147 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "June", "text": "June – The Wendish Crusade: An expedition of Crusaders – composed of Germans, Saxons and Danes – expels the Obotrites from Wagria (Schleswig-Holstein). Two Danish fleets led by King Canute V in alliance with co-ruler Sweyn III, ravage the northern coast. The countryside of Mecklenburg and Pommerania is plundered and depopulated with much bloodshed, especially by German forces under Henry the Lion.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362163362#Europe", "title": "1147", "revid": 1362163362, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1727, "year_label": "1727 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 20", "text": "February 20 – German composer George Frideric Handel becomes a British subject.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360176234#January–March", "title": "1727", "revid": 1360176234, "section": "Events › January–March"}}]}